Three things1) Three thousand cheers for entrepreneurship2) That's an insane amount of trust the baggees are putting in the baggers, and at a charge. What's on other side must matter a great deal -- job, family, etc.3) I feel fortunate that I don't have to do that ever.

I guess that's the advantage of not living in a litigious society. You can have people setup makeshift and dangerous transportation for profit without worrying about being sued when someone inevitably dies.

I guess if it's safe enough for someone to swim across while hauling someone else in a bag, it would be safe for someone to swim in their clothes should the ferryman lose his grip on the bag. That is, the service being sold is not "getting across the river," it's "getting across the river in dry clothes."

Why are the channel logo and subtitles swimming around? If I had to guess, someone took a TV recording and put it through some form of image stabilization - but that seems like an oddly high amount of effort to go to.

I was somewhat surprised they didn't sling a rope across at some point. Particularly when they haul the motorcycle across, that just seems like a natural case for simplifying the job of the people in the water - "You lot just hold the rope with one hand and the bike with the other, and keep your heads above water. We'll haul you across, don't worry about that."

In my weak understanding of the language, what you guys wrote about the video is pretty much what they talk about. The reporter explains about the condition of the river flooding that the locals found a way to cross the river. And it's surely a dangerous one. You're locked in to a bag where things like time, suffocation, and punctured whole can spell death. The lady being interviewed explains that getting around this flooded area takes hrs to get around. I think she says when she met these guys, she was given a quicker way to pass through. She feels scared in the bag as you don't know what's going.